Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas

Fanny shows how to stuff a turkey, prepare a Xmas goose, a roast chicken and a roast capon, and demonstrates the best way to carve and portion a bird.

Fanny demonstrates her recipe for a rich Christmas pudding and creates an indulgent fancy trifle.

Today's recipes are iced and decorated black plum Christmas cake and Fanny's variation - a white Christmas cake.

Fanny demonstrates how to use mincemeat to create a variety of baked pastry treats and mincemeat pancakes and - an icing sugar dusted mincemeat omelet...

Fanny bakes a variety of Petit Fours using choux pastry which are filled with 'bakers cream', and then iced.